#4E1C86#4E1C86

#4E1C86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.163 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C86
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 134)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 79.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 44.42, -49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 66.62, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(36.7% 0.0803 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(36.7% 0.163 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8591, 4.1713, 22.9407)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C86 #54861C

analogous

#1C1F86 #4E1C86 #831C86

triadic

#4E1C86 #864E1C #1C864E

tetradic

#4E1C86 #861C1F #54861C #1C8683

square

#4E1C86 #861C1F #54861C #1C8683

split-complementary

#4E1C86 #86831C #1F861C

monochromatic

#130721 #311153 #4E1C86 #6B27B9 #8A44D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#4E1C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E1C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C86

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C86	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.163 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eaa',
    500: '#4e1c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c86;
$custom-light: #855eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.302,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36696,
    "c": 0.16308,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C86

secondary

#82B945

accent

#E83F99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C86

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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